Toy cooking apparatus



United States Patent Inventor Alyson Skipp Hoyland 1 Deer Haven Lane,Route 2, Newfoundland, NJ. 07435 Appl. No. 699,919 Filed Jan. 23, 1968Patented Dec. 15, I970 TOY COOKING APPARATUS 4 Claims, 7 Drawing Figs.

US. 219/200, 219/391, 219/392, 219/408 Int. Cl A2lb2/00, A21b 1/22,l-l05b 1/00 Field of Search 219/200,

201, 391, 392, 395, 405,408,41 1; l26/l9,2l, 339, 340, 41; 312/223, 236,317

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,031,995 2/1936 Yost 219/4082,923,584 2/1960 Broderick, Jr. 312/317 3,368,063 2/1968 Kuhn 219/411Primary Examiner-Joseph V. Truhe Assistant Examiner-Peter W. GowdeyAttorney-March, Gillette and Wyatt ABSTRACT: A toy cooking apparatuscomprising a housing adapted to receive means for holding a comestiblewhich is to be heated or cooked, a plurality of electrical heatingmeans, at least one of the heating means positioned above the holdingmeans and at least one of the heating means positioned below the holdingmeans, the door of the cooking apparatus being secured to the means forholding the comestible-so that the door and the means for holding thecomestible move in unison.

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4050 m p bun/v0 B Y 1 'rov' COOKING APPARATUS BACKGROUND or THEINVENTION QBJEc'r OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, it is an object ofthepresent invention to providea toy. oven which enables childrento'cook or heat food without contactingan open flame, or other-heatingmeans. Another object is to provide a'toy oven'which substantiallyeliminates the possibility of burns due to contacting heated portions ofthe apparatus. These andotherobjects of the present invention will beapparent from the following description.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The toy oven of the present invention comprisesa housing having a heat reflective inner liner withinthe housing. The

inner liner contains a plurality of slots adapted to receive, pro- BRIEFDESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING FIGS. 1 and 2 areperspective views of the toyoven of theinvention; in FIG. 2 the door has been'pulled open therebypulling the tray out along with the door.

FIG. 3 is an exploded view showinga portion of the cabinet, the heatreflective inner liner, the back of-the inner liner with heatingelements located thereon, andthe attachment of the inner liner to theback of the cabinet FIG. 4 shows the tray attached to the inside of thedoor and the handle for lifting the\'ay from itssupport.

FIG. 5 is a perspective viewof the back of the housing.

.FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 6-6 of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 77 of FIG. I;

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Referring to FIG. 1 of the drawings, the housing 10comprises an upper shell 11 mounted on a base 12. Upper shell 11 has alarge vent 12 in the center of the roof 1 3 and a plurality of smallervents 14 along the front and rear edges of the roof. The cabinet has adoor 15 abutting its front end with a transparent section 16 in theupper portion of the door.

Referring to FIG. 2, door 15 has been opened thereby drawing tray 17forward with it. Tray 17 slides forward and backward through a slotprovided in guard panel 18 mounted within the-front portion of housingl0."Guardpanel 18 20 at the place where the sidewall is closest to thesides of the housing. Prongs 32 at the bottom of inner liner 20 attachthe inner liner 20 to housing 10. Attached to the back 19 of housing 10is the back panel 21 of inner liner 20. Back panel 21 is attached toback 19 of the housing 10 by brackets 22a, 22b and 220. Mounted on backsection 21 are-upper light bulb 23 and lower light bulb 24. Bulbs 23'and24' are so positioned that tray 17 slides between upper bulb 23 andlower bulb24.

FIG. 4 is a view of the inside of door 15 showing theframe 25 supportingtray 17 and attachment of tray- 17 .to door 15. Tray 17 is supported oncircular frame 25 having a plurality of outwardly extending U-shapedprojections at 25a, 25b, and 25c on each side of the frame. The forwardleg of each front projection 25a is attached by any suitable means, suchas screws to the inside of door 15. The connecting portion ofprojections 25a,and 25b and 25c are in alignment. These aligned portionsform runners which engage slots inthe inner liner 20. The rearrnost legsof projection 25c are 1 joined and each of these legs has a downwardlyprojecting portion 25d which prevents frame 25 from being withdrawncompletely out of the inner liner 20. Tray lifter 26 provides-means forlifting tray 17 a from frame 25. I

FIG. 5 shows the rear surface 27 of the housing. The rear surface isrecessed so as to provide nonprotruding bracket storage means for traylifter 26,,cutter 28 and electric cord 29. FIG. 6 is a lengthwisecross-sectional view of the interior of the oven. Comestible 30 is shownon tray l7.- Bulbs 23 and 24 provide heat to cook or heat thecomestible. v

FIG. 7 is a frontal cross-sectional view of the interior of the oven.The edges of inner liner 20 closest to the sides of the housing formU-shaped slots 3la'and 3lb within which the aligned connecting portionsof projections 25a, 25b and 25c slide.

The provision of heating elements above and below tray 17 insures rapid.and uniform heating and cooking. The

downwardly projecting members 25d of frame 25 engage the lowerfront-panel 21b and prevent complete withdrawal of frame 25 from theinner liner. This eliminates danger of' dropping the comestible as thetray when partly or fully withdrawn, is alwaysmaintained in a horizontalposition by its attachment to door 15 and that portion of the runnerwhich remains in slot 31. Guard panel 18 provides an additional safetyfeature by preventing the operator from inserting his hand or fingersinside inner liner 20. i

While the toy oven has been described using ordinary light I bulbs asheating means, other heating means may be used, such as, for example,infra red heat, micro wave heat, etc. Moreover, the energy source may beprovided by batteries as well as electrical outlets. The toy oven may beconstructed of any suitable material, such as, for example, metal,plastic, ceramic, etc. I

EXAMPLE The operation of the toy cutting tool will nowbe described.Withelectric cord 29 plugged into an electrical outlet thereby lightingbulbs 23 and 24 and heating the space within inner liner 20, door 15 isthen pulled open and a portion of pizza is placed on tray 17. Door 15 isthen closed. When the pizza is cooked, which may be determined byobservation through the transparent section 16 of door 15, or by passageof a suitable length of time, the door is opened and tray 17 withdrawntherewith. Lower front panel 21b of inner liner 20 engagesdownwardly-projecting members 25:! of frame 25 therebypreventingcomplete withdrawal of frame 25 from the oven. Tray 17 containing cookedpizza 30 is then lifted from frame 25 by means of tray lifter 26. s

' It is .to be understood that while the invention has been described indetail, variations and modifications may be made with departing from theinvention as defined in the appended claims.

I claim: I 1. A toy oven including a housing forming a heating cabinetwith a movable door, a tray attached to said door and slidable in andout ofv said cabinet, said housing having supporting means therein forslidably receiving said tray therein, said tray having stop meanspreventing said tray from being completely withdrawn from said cabinet,said tray being supported between said door and said housing when saiddoor is in the open position, and heating means in said housing forheating a comestible on said tray.

2. The toy oven of claim 1 wherein said housing has an inner liner withU-shaped slots forming said supporting means for slidably receiving saidtray.

3. The toy oven of claim 2 wherein said heating means comprises a pairof light bulbs on said housing disposed on opposite sides of said tray.

4. The toy oven of claim 3 wherein said housing has a guard

